How Trump’s First Three Months Point the Way to Three Percent Growth
The great nineteenth-century man of letters William Dean Howells once made a remark that I have long cherished as a sort of personal motto: “The […]
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The Grand Illusion: How Trump Tricked China and The Press
Well known film reviewer, Mike D’Angelo, writes, “Magic tricks frequently involve misdirection. In order to create an illusion, the magician needs to perform an action […]
Open Borders Do Not Lead to Prosperity
Illegal immigration has plagued the United States for decades. The business, political, media, and academic elite in America today insist that the unfettered movement of […]
Beware the Headline Trap: Tillerson to Meet With NATO Ministers—on Wednesday
“Exclusive: Tillerson plans to skip NATO meeting, visit Russia in April—sources,” read the headline of a Reuters story first published Monday. “Well, that doesn’t seem right. […]
China is Taking Afghanistan—at U.S. Expense
The Chinese military is conducting joint operations with the Pakistanis and Afghan security forces along the Chinese border, according to recent reports. The targets are […]
China Just Blinked In Korea
In the aftermath of the assassination of Kim Jong-un’s half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, and the brutal murder of several highly placed North Korean leaders, Kim Jong-un […]
Deficits Do Matter
When former Vice President Dick Cheney nonchalantly quipped to former Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill that “deficits don’t matter,” every fiscal conservative and anti-war liberal set […]
China Doesn’t Want a Better Deal
Donald J. Trump campaigned on a platform that he was going to make the greatest deals imaginable for the United States. According to this view, […]
Understanding Russia’s Role in Afghanistan
Recently, I argued the United States should use India as leverage to pressure Pakistan into abandoning its support of the Taliban (and other jihadist groups) […]
The Case for Space Dominance
For nearly two weeks in 480 B.C., a massive Persian army numbering as many as 300,000 troops was prevented from invading Greece by a small […]
The Art of Economic Warfare (Part 3): Audacity! Audacity! Audacity!
Listening to Donald Trump’s remarkable “thank you” speech on December 1 in Indiana, I was struck by how well-honed the president-elect’s worldview seems to be—particularly […]
Gordon Chang on Why The Taiwan Call Is a Good Thing
Chris and I were joined on our radio program Tuesday by Gordon Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea […]
The Art of Economic Warfare (Part 2): Maintaining America’s War Footing and Seeking the National Interest
When Donald Trump won the White House last month, his victory represented more than the usual handing off of power from Democrats to Republicans. It […]
The Art of Economic Warfare: China Gains the Upper Hand by Playing a Different Game
Since the end of the Cold War, the world has witnessed a blurring of lines that were once seen as separate and distinct. Today, civilians […]
Great Reads for Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016
Back by popular demand, “Great Reads” henceforth will appear on Tuesdays and Fridays. Forty-four days until the inauguration. Only on American Greatness: Julie Ponzi lauds […]
Trump’s Taiwan Call Advances U.S. Interests
America’s foreign policy elites are in an uproar. Again. Or maybe it’s still. It’s hard to keep track of where one censorious tantrum ends and […]